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A poet who wrote in this language left many works as loose manuscripts in a trunk after his 1935 death, (0[1])and was the subject of a 2021 biography by Richard (20[1]0[1])Zenith. That poet who primarily used this language used the pseudonym Alexander Search and wrote The Book of Disquiet (20[2]0[1])under (20[2])another (20[2])of (20[1])his (20[2])“heteronyms.” (20[10])An epic written (20[1])in this language (20[1])describes a monstrous personification of a cape called (*) Adamastor, (10[1])whom its protagonist meets on a voyage of exploration. (10[1])One author used this (10[1])language for a novel in which the Doctor’s Wife does not succumb (10[1])to the title (10[2])epidemic, (10[1]0[2])as well as for a novel inspired by this language’s (10[1])poet Fernando Pessoa. For 10 points, name this language used by Luís de Camões (“loo-EES day cam-OYSH”) and the author of Blindness, José Saramago. ■END■ (10[2]0[3])

ANSWER: Portuguese [or português or lingua portuguesa]
<Joseph Krol, Literature - European - Other&gt; ~25032~ &lt;Editor: Joseph Krol>
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